So what issues have not be announced yet? We know that 20 issues (I think someone said 71 stamps) isn’t the entire program, and that the USPS likes to announce attention-getting subjects separately.
Among “names” born in 1926, I won’t be surprised if there are stamps for Tony Bennett (and 2026 will be just 3 years since he died), Chuck Berry, and Ralph Abernathy (although his tell-all book angered other civil rights leaders). A dark horse candidate would be Jerry Lewis, whom the French considered a comic genius but here IMHO would more likely be honored for his philanthropic work on behalf of the fight against Muscular Dystrophy.
(This photo, from Wikipedia, is by John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com)
Who or what do you think will be added to the program?
—Lloyd A. de Vries, VSC
I’m hoping for a Winnie the Pooh, published in 1926 in London and the US (according to Wikipedia anyway). Would make the 100th year anniversary. However, I believe Disney owns Winnie the Pooh, right? So, not sure on copyrights and such for the USPS. Also looking forward to Alexander Graham Bell and the first telephone call. Was a stamp back in 1976, but it would be nice to have one for the 150th anniversary. 100th anniversary for NBC..
Glad they made the Route 66 stamps – I’m excited about those!
I know that there were only 13 states when the USA was founded, however. I’d lie to see a ’50 states’ style issue.
It will be 25 years since 9/11 do you think they’ll do another hero’s stamp or something? I know they don’t commemorate bad events..